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WWF- Mobilizing More for Climate #MoMo4C – Cameroon Application is now open for WWF- MoMo4C Calls where you will get an opportunity to receive the various opportunities. Within each of the 6 landscapes, MoMo4C calls are being organized on a regular basis. These business competitions are calling for proposals of entrepreneurs that have solutions for one or more of the key challenges that the landscapes are facing. The predominant directions for solutions searched for are focusing on climate-resilient agriculture, peatland-friendly agriculture, integrated agroforestry, and community forestry, access to finance, livelihood diversification, and production of innovative local crafts. Each specific call will focus on one or more of these challenges and details can be found in the respective calls for proposals. Proposals will be assessed by panels of financial experts that each landscape will set up. The MoMo4C-Info-Sheet is attached below;
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Eligibility
Entrepreneurs
Benefits
The best proposals receive support in business case development and/or technical assistance. The
best business cases that come out of the different MoMo4C landscapes will be presented to potential
investors in special match-making events. The very top of these selected proposals, which in later
stages of the program are suitable for scaling up and attracting larger (international) investments,
will be invited to take part in Dragons’ Dens that MoMo4C will organize at global business and
finance events.
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Diamond Challenge for High School
Entrepreneurs
The Diamond Challenge was created through Horn Entrepreneurship, a cornerstone for
entrepreneurial activity based at the University of Delaware. Because of the generous contributions
made by Youth Entrepreneurship Initiative, it is able to provide high school students around the
world with opportunities to experience entrepreneurship firsthand. It empowers students in high
school and beyond through entrepreneurial education and enrichment opportunities in order for
students to create, capture, and deliver value from new ideas, regardless of their future career path.
To learn more about how Horn can help you in your journey, click here.
The Diamond Challenge is the catalyst that propels high school entrepreneurs to the next level
through meaningful connections, resources, and transformative feedback.
Eligibility
All Diamond Challenge participants must be enrolled in high school for the duration of the
competition.
Eligible students are in grade/form 9-12 in a secondary education institution.
Typically, high school students are between the ages of 14-18.
Contact info@diamondchallenge.org if you have further questions about this guideline.
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Benefits
The Diamond Challenge is more than just the world’s largest entrepreneurship competition for high
school students. It is a life-long community for any teen from any location with an idea. It wants to
support your ideas so you can make an impact on the world. If you’re still on the fence about
competing, here are the top 4 reasons why you should go out there and submit your idea.
1. Gain access to a life-long supportive community
It wants to help you succeed not only throughout the competition but throughout your personal and
professional life. Because of its global network, it has connections to some of the most profound
entrepreneurs, innovators, creators, makers, and subject matter experts in the world. By competing
in the Diamond Challenge, you gain access to this network FOR LIFE!
2. Receive meaningful feedback from expert global judges
Some students are worried that their idea might not be complete “competition ready”. That’s OKAY.
You will always be better off if you submit your idea to the competition because you receive
meaningful feedback from at least three expert judges who can help propel your idea further. There
is nothing to lose!
3. Win scholarship money or venture funding
A perk of competing in the competition is that you have the chance to win a piece of our $100,000
prize pool. You can use the Diamond Challenge opportunity as a way to help pay for school (ANY
college or university in the entire world!) or if you are truly passionate about continuing to pursue
your idea, it can help you jump-start the rest of your entrepreneurial career.
4. Bring your idea into the world
It believes in the power of your ideas. That is why it wants to empower you as a high school student
to share what you have to say, because it believes your ideas matter, and they can change the world
for the better.
Application Process
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Harvard University – Environmental Fellows
Program
The Harvard University Center for the Environment created the Environmental Fellows program to
enable recent doctorate recipients to use and expand Harvard’s extraordinary resources to tackle
complex environmental problems. The Environmental Fellows will work for two years with Harvard
faculty members in any school or department while also strengthening connections across the
University’s academic disciplines.
The Harvard University Center for the Environment expects to award approximately six fellowships
for the 2022 cohort. The Center will organize a co-curricular program to ensure that the fellows get
to know each other and each other’s work. All fellows will attend biweekly dinners with their
colleagues, faculty members, and guests.
Eligibility
Candidates for 2022 Environmental Fellowships should have received their terminal degree
between May 2018 and August 2022. (Fellows must have filed their dissertation before
starting their appointment in September 2022.)
Candidates with a doctorate or equivalent in any field are eligible, and they may propose
research projects in any discipline. Applicants without a Ph.D. may apply if they have studied
in fields where the Ph.D. is not the typical terminal degree. All successful candidates will be
able to demonstrate experience performing scholarly research.
Candidates may have received their degrees at any university in the world. Foreign nationals
are eligible for fellowships, though study at Harvard requires proficiency in English.
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Benefits
The fellowship includes a salary of $80,000 per year, employee health insurance eligibility, up
to $2,500 reimbursement for relocation expenses and a $2,500 annual allowance for travel and
other professional expenses.
Application Process
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If you have questions about the fellowship or application process, please contact:
James Clem, Managing Director
Harvard University Center for the Environment
26 Oxford Street, 4th Floor
Cambridge MA 02138
617-495-0368
environmental_fellows@harvard.edu
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iF Social Impact Prize
The iF SOCIAL IMPACT PRIZE aims to publish and support projects that contribute to our society.
You can publish your project in the iF WORLD DESIGN GUIDE and you will automatically compete
for the prize!
In addition, your project will reach the global design community.
Eligibility
Companies
Design studios
NGOs
Foundations
Public and other organizations are welcome to submit
your project should already be established and you can apply with the same project a
maximum of two times
Student concepts will not be accepted
Benefits
The application fee is free of charge
Your project will be published in the iF WORLD DESIGN GUIDE forever
You can permanently update your projects with new photos, videos, and information
Your project will be introduced to a global design community, media, and the design interested
public
You can win a share of EUR 100,000 in prize money
Application Process
Submit your application here.
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DFA’s 2021 Colab Accelerator
Call for Dairy Farmers of America DFA’s CoLAB Accelerator for the companies with ag-tech. The
accelerator program is a 90-day, immersive program that accelerates and grows ag-tech and dairy
foods startup businesses through mentoring and educational programming.
DFA has partnered with various startups across the dairy value chain that provide valuable services
to its family farm-owners, nutritious dairy-based products to consumers, or helpful insights into the
business. DFA has built long-lasting relationships with several Accelerator startups through
additional investment and support.
Eligibility
DFA’s 2021 Colab Accelerator is always looking for submissions from companies with ag-tech
applications related to any portion of the dairy value chain, including but not limited to
product testing, data management, herd health and management, supply chain optimization,
sustainability, and traceability. It is also seeking early-stage food product companies that are
dairy-focused or dairy-based.
Benefits
DFA offers an immersive program that accelerates and grows ag-tech and dairy foods startup
businesses through mentoring and educational programming.
Application process
Click here to apply.
Global Student Entrepreneur Awards
The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) is the premier global competition for students who
own and operate a business while attending college or university. Nominees compete against their
peers from around the world in a series of local and/or national competitions in hopes to qualify for
GSEA Finals. Founded in 1998 by Saint Louis University, GSEA is now an Entrepreneurs’
Organization program.
EO GSEA supports student entrepreneurs who require much-needed mentorship, recognition, and
connections to take their businesses to the next level of success.
VISION: Empowering student entrepreneurs to become the world’s most influential change-makers.
MISSION: To give student entrepreneurs the opportunity to accelerate their success, challenge the
status quo, connect to an instrumental peer group and make the greatest impact possible in their
community.
Qualifying competitions are held in cities and countries worldwide, with the 2021 Global Finals
competition being held virtually in May.
Eligibility
Undergraduate and graduate college/university students who own and operate a business for
at least six months are eligible to compete.
Benefits
Prizes are generally a combination of cash and business services and will vary by location.
At the Global Finals, students compete for a prize package of US$25,000 in cash and a total value of
over $40,000, which includes a travel/lodging expense paid trip to compete in the Global Finals. The
second place will receive US$10,000 and the third place will receive US$5,000.
Additional awards are given at the Global Finals for Social Impact, Innovation, and Lessons from the
Edge.
How do the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards help student business owners?
Access to successful entrepreneurs. Feedback. Mentorship.
Refined elevator pitches. Going head to head with other business owners and answering tough
questions about their business to our judges helps competitors improve their pitch skills and
enhance their ability to communicate the value proposition of their business.
Expanded networks. Competitors will meet other student entrepreneurs from around the
world, as well as Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) members and our honored guests.
Media Exposure. Competitors will receive local and national media attention for themselves
and their business.
EO GSEA participants compete for a global prize package worth US$25,000 in cash. All EO
GSEA finalists receive a paid trip (airfare and lodging) to compete in the EO GSEA Global
Finals, donated business services, access to the EO community, and mentorship. The total
value of all prizes, gifts, and services for all student competitors at the EO GSEA Global Finals
is nearly half a million dollars.
Application process
Click here to apply.DeFi Accelerator Program
DeFi Accelerator Program is a 12-week program featuring talks from leading experts, hands-on
mentorship, demo days, and more to boost your liquidity and other needs. Its network features 60+
institutional market makers and liquidity providers. Each cohort, it pairs startups with the right
firms to service their specific needs. Leaders in the DeFi space present weekly sessions on topics
ranging from growing liquidity to launching incentives programs to tracking key growth metrics.
Eligibility
Startups
Entrepreneurs
Business owners
Founders
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Benefits
Networking Opportunities
Personal Growth
Mentoring
Gaining Knowledge
Recognition
Application Process
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The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Enterprise Hub is a national resource for the UK’s most
promising engineering entrepreneurs.
The objectives of the Hub are to:
Accelerate innovation for the benefit of society by supporting founders of engineering and
technology enterprises with funding and support from the Academy’s extensive network.
Inspire and encourage business-minded UK- based engineers to pursue entrepreneurial
endeavours by promoting and celebrating
initiatives, opportunities and achievements.
Transform the appetite and climate for UK engineering and technology entrepreneurs by
promoting excitement and reward of a future in innovation and entrepreneurship.
The Shott Scale-Up Accelerator supports individuals in leadership roles in high-growth engineering
and technology SMEs. The scale-up accelerator builds on the previous SME Leaders programme,
enhancing the content to support ambitious leaders of UK scale-ups.
Eligibility
Both pre-and post-revenue high-growth SMEs are eligible to apply. SMEs must have
cumulatively raised at least £1 million,
either through equity investment (from inception), turnover in the previous financial year
(excluding grants and consultancy),
or a combination of both.
One person per application.
Only applicants from SMEs that aren’t wholly or majority-owned by another company are
eligible. (SME as per the EU definition).
Applicants must come from a company based in the UK and registered with Companies House.
For multinational companiesthe head office must be based in the UK.
Applicants of any nationality are eligible as long as they have the right to work in the UK.
Engineering and technology-based SMEs are eligible to apply. Software companies must
exhibit engineering as their core
component and should be innovative and protectable to be eligible. It, unfortunately, cannot
support consultancies. If
you are unsure that your company’s activities qualify as engineering, please contact the
Programme Manager, Milena Obradovic.
Each enterprise can submit a maximum of one application for the programme if they are
successful. One additional application will be considered in another round if it is submitted by
a candidate belonging to a group that is underrepresented within UK engineering.
Groups that are persistently underrepresented in UK engineering are women, people from a
Black, Asian or minority ethnic background and disabled people. If you are not from one of
these groups but believe you represent an underrepresented group in UK engineering, please
contact the Programme Manager, Milena Obradovic, to confirm that you meet the eligibility
criteria
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Benefits
A grant of up to £10,000 to pay for leadership courses of your choice
Expert business mentoring
One-to-one personal development coaching
Workshops, webinars, roundtables, speaker events
Access to the Taylor Centre, our co-working and meeting space in central London
PR and IP support
All travel and accommodation expenses covered for programme activities
Application Process
Click here to apply
Click here to read Shott Scale Up Accelerator Guidance Notes
If you have any questions concerning the application or the online grant system, please contact the
Enterprise team. If you are not yet ready to apply, it runs the scheme every six months. To receive e-
mail alerts when it re-open this programme, please register your e-mail and select Support for
SME Leaders.
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On Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and InstagramInnovators Awards: Funding up to £750,000
The Innovators Awards is offering grants for eligible applicants. These awards support researchers
who are transforming great ideas into healthcare innovations that could have a significant impact on
human health.
Eligibility
Researchers who are developing healthcare innovations that could have a major and
measurable impact on human health.
Individuals and teams from not-for-profit and commercial organizations.
Organizations can be of any size, based anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China).
You can work in any scientific discipline, including a discipline outside life sciences. You can
work on any type of technology. Examples of technologies include:
therapeutics (small molecules or biologics)
vaccines
devices
diagnostics
digital technologies
regenerative medicine.
The work that you propose must be essential for developing your healthcare innovation. It
encourages proposals from multidisciplinary collaborations within or between organizations. These
collaborations do not need to include life sciences, researchers.
In your proposal, you must:
include researchers from at least two different scientific disciplines;
include at least one researcher from a discipline outside life sciences, such as (but not limited
to) engineering, physical science or data science;
describe the added value of the collaboration, and tell us why the outcome(s) of your work will
be unique and only achievable through this approach.The program also encourages partnerships between not-for-profit and commercial organizations. It
expects most commercial organizations that partner not-for-profit organizations to provide in-kind
contributions in addition to Wellcome’s funding.
If your proposal is successful and involves collaborators or partnerships, you must all enter into an
agreement stating:
who will own any IP that arises from this award
the necessary background IP licenses
how you plan to protect, maintain, and commercialize Wellcome-funded IP.
Benefits
Funding: Up to £500,000, or up to £750,000 for multidisciplinary collaborations.
Duration of funding: Usually up to 24 months, or up to 36 months for multidisciplinary
collaborations.
Application process
What to include in your application.
The costs in your application must be based on current known costs, excluding inflation.
You should allow for salary pay awards during Year 1. These should be based on pay awards
already agreed; if you don’t know what the pay award is yet then use our inflation rate.
Wellcome’s studentship stipend scales for non-clinical/basic science Ph.D. studentships include
an annual increase for inflation.
Click here to apply.Visa Everywhere Initiative – 2021 Global
Get global exposure for your startup or fintech. Enter Visa Everywhere Initiative – 2021 Global
competition, featuring $100k in prizes—with the global finals live-streamed on TechCrunch.
Visa Everywhere Initiative is an open innovation program that helps startups like yours unlock new
opportunities—and gives you a global platform to demonstrate your ground-breaking solutions. The
program first launched in the U.S. in 2015 and has since expanded to every corner of the world,
recruiting startups from over 100 countries. Over the past five years, more than 7,000 startups have
participated, and they’ve collectively raised more than $2.5 billion in funding.
The first step towards getting your startup worldwide attention is to join the Visa Everywhere
Initiative network—the same network of startups that our product teams from all over the world
access when searching for solutions. Apply now through the global application. That way, it can
notify you about upcoming opportunities and invite you to participate in Visa Everywhere Initiative
competitions in your region.
Eligibility
Startups can apply for the Visa Everywhere Initiative – 2021 Global program.
Benefits
It’s rewarding to win the regional and global finals:
Validation: Your organization receives recognition from one of the world’s most valuable
brands.
Exposure: The regional and global finals will be live-streamed on TechCrunch, giving finalists
global exposure.
Monetary prize: Winners at the global finals receive a monetary prize (no equity is taken) that
you can invest in your company as you see fit.Application process
Click here to apply.
United Nations Young Professionals
Programme (YPP) 2021
The UN Young Professionals Programme (YPP) is a recruitment initiative for talented, highly
qualified professionals to start a career as an international civil servant with the UN Secretariat. It
consists of an entrance examination process and professional development once those successful
start their career with the UN. The YPP examination is held once a year in different subject areas,
depending on the needs of the UN. YPP is open to nationals of participating countries. The list of
participating countries varies from year to year. The application period typically opens in June each
year. Those interested can apply via Inspira.
Eligibility
Be a national of a participating country
Hold at least a first-level university degree relevant for the exam(at least a relevant Bachelor’s
degree or a 3-year equivalent degree)
Be 32 years old or younger in the year of the examination
Be fluent in either English or French
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Professional development
UN Opportunities
Networking
Recognition
Application Process
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African Graduate Fellowships
The African Graduate Fellowship is a competitive fellowship program for bright, highly motivated
African students interested in pursuing a master’s degree at The American University in Cairo
(AUC). Each year, fellowships are offered to nationals of African countries (not including Egyptians)
for full-time study (nine credits or as required by the program) in any of the graduate programs
offered at the AUC.
Eligibility
Non-Egyptian African nationals
African nationals with dual non-African nationality are not eligibleOpen to all disciplines of graduate studies
For new graduate degree-seeking students; admission to one of the graduate programs in
AUC, satisfying AUC graduate admissions requirements
Submit an International TOEFL iBT exam score or academic IELTS exam score as per the cut-
off scores for AUC graduate admissions
For continuing students; to retain the fellowship the recipient must maintain a GPA of 3.2
Financial need
Responsibilities of Fellows
Fellows are assigned 12 hours per week of related academic work
Students must maintain a full-time status
Maintain a minimum GPA of 3.2
A teaching assistantship mandatory training must be completed if the fellow is involved in
teaching assistantship duties. The training needs to be completed only once
For details and more information about teaching assistantships, click here
Benefits
The fellowship covers:
Tuition fees, for a maximum of nine credits per semester
Stipend
Student services and activities fees
Medical service and health insurance fees
A monthly housing allowance for non-residents of Cairo or accommodation in University
residences at the AUC New Cairo campus
May cover remedial English language requirements
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Application Process
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To Apply
Step 1: Check how to apply and submit the online application
Step 2: Submit the online fellowship application
Deadline: January 15 for the fall semester and October 15 for the spring semester.
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On Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram@iBizAfrica: Pitch Friday
Grab your idea and get an opportunity to present it in front of business mentors, entrepreneurs, and
investors.
@iBizAfrica welcomes anyone with an interesting business idea/innovation to come and pitch their
idea during Pitch Friday. It takes place during the last Friday of every month from 2.30 pm to 4.30
pm. Presenters get 5 minutes to pitch their ideas to an experienced panel. They also get an
opportunity to join the Incubator and possibly secure financial and business advisory services from
@iBizAfrica.
Eligibility
Startups
Innovators
Entrepreneurs
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Benefits
Pitch Friday is an opportunity for innovators to present their ideas in an elevator pitch format to a
closed audience of business mentors, entrepreneurs & investors.Application Process
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THRIVE VIII Accelerator Program
The THRIVE Accelerator supports seed-stage startups from all areas of the value chain whose
technologies drive towards a more efficient, sustainable, and secure agriculture future.
The selected companies benefit from a 3 month virtual and in-person accelerator program that
provides investment, direct access to the largest agriculture companies and farmers located in the
Salinas and Central California growing regions, and mentorship from top industry leaders. The
program begins in March and culminates in June at Demo Day at the Forbes AgTech Summit.
Eligibility
THRIVE Accelerator looks for early to growth-stage startups with technologies focused in the
following areas:
Big Data & Predictive Analytics
Supply Chain Management AND Traceability
Biotechnology
Robotics & Automation
Indoor Farming
Innovative Food
Farm Management Software, Sensing, and IOT
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Benefits
ACCESS TO CORPORATES – It will connect you with Corporate Partners from its high-profile
network, for technology validation, adoption, and potential investment opportunities.
ACCESS TO FARMERS – Through its extensive partner network inclusive of over 6000+
farmers, growers, and agriculture partners, it provides startups with opportunities to conduct
active field trials.
ACCESS TO INVESTMENT – It will invest $100K in your startup ($50K cash, $50K in program
value), with the opportunity for additional follow-on investment.
AWARD-WINNING PROGRAM – Participation in an award-winning program will validate your
startup to potential investors and give you access to THRIVE’s ecosystem, network, customers,
and investment in addition to significant perks from network partners IBM, STRIPE, Hubspot,
Zendesk, AWS, Zenefits, and Carta.
EXPERT MENTORSHIP – You will have access to expert mentors & advisors as well as access
to an extensive global entrepreneur network.
BRAND EXPOSURE – You will receive a multitude of brand exposure opportunities & the
opportunity for global press & media spotlight at Demo Day at the annual Forbes AgTech
Summit.
Application Process
Click here to apply
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Digital Women Awards 2021 celebrate talent, entrepreneurship, innovation, and creation among
women on the internet. Women are bringing alive ideas for a new India with breakthroughs in digital
and tech, transforming their lives and the nation’s potential. This new entrepreneurial energy is
what can take India to the next level and put women at the forefront. During COVID, women leaders
around the world have led with new ideas and created impactful businesses. Many women have
started all over again, by building self-owned solo businesses in the face of adversity.
Digital Women Awards 2021 presented by Google puts the spotlight on the groundbreaking
work of female entrepreneurs.
In 2021, we salute women who lead breakthroughs and showcase their instinct for survival. Be part
of this journey. Women are bringing alive ideas for a new India with breakthroughs in digital and
tech, transforming their lives and the nation’s potential. This new entrepreneurial energy is what
can take India to the next level and put women at the forefront.
Eligibility
It is necessary for the applicant to be a woman
The applicants could be owners, founders, CEOs of organizations engaged in digital or online
businesses, communities, or applications.
The documents of your choice prove that the company has been operational for at least one
year (contracts, partnership deals, any other legal or official document). These documents may
be submitted with the application or maybe sought afterward from the applicant.
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Benefits
The 2021 edition of the Digital Women Awards trophy is elegance and power combined. Designed by
a young rising female designer and manufactured by another small business owner, this trophy is
exquisitely simple and an absolute masterpiece in pure steel. It symbolizes ingenuity and
imagination that’s a pure reflection of undivided passion towards entrepreneurs display. The Digital
Women Awards trophy wants you to conquer change and is awarded to the fearlessness and risk-
taker in the entrepreneur.
Application Process
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